European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi will set his bond-buying plan, which may be one of the most critical moments of the EU crisis. (Reuters) Samsung faces holding customers because Apple Inc.…
OECD Outlook on Europe The OECD reports that the recession in Europe has begun to become an irresistible drag on the economy throughout much of the balance of the developed world. And, the…
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), with an assist from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) this morning, announced two new smartphones from Nokia that will use Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. The two tech…
In what to many investors must seem like a slow-motion effort to revive the company, Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) today will introduce its latest smartphones running the Windows Phone 8 operating system…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will not sell shares to cover a $2 billion tax bill. (Reuters) Government papers accuse BP PLC (NYSE: BP) of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon incident. (Reuters) Nokia…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) just cannot win in its competition against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and other phone makers using the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system. The company’s…
The CEOs of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have been holding private — and so far, secret — conversations on a range of intellectual property issues, and including…
One thing that can be said about the high-tech marketplace is that it does not lack ideas. But it is sometimes difficult to sort out the good ones from the bad ones.…
Analysts who watch the smartphone market will not have to wait for the legal battle between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung to advance any further before judging the future of the Microsoft…
Moody’s cuts its growth forecast for emerging economies. (MarketWatch) Antony Jenkins, who runs Barclays PLC’s (NYSE: BCS) retail business, is made chief executive. (Reuters) Samsung launches new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows-based…
courtesy AOL Inc.There are a lot of ways to keep share prices rising and stockholders happy. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) has chosen the direct way: pay them off. The special dividend of…
Paul Ausick The primary concern about the future of mobile operating systems now that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has defeated Samsung in a court battle over patents is that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will…
Isaac Shuts Gulf Coast Refineries As Tropical Storm Isaac is forecast to turn into a Category 2 Hurricane before its makes landfall near New Orleans, it has caused large oil firms to…
All you had to do was review the recent earnings reports from Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and you knew that a PC slowdown was still underway. Unfortunately, the…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) shares are up more than 10%, or above $3.40 a share, in premarket trading. Last week, a U.S. jury awarded Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) $1.051 billion in damages…
